Carey comes up trumps

Adelaide and the Kangaroos have held recovery sessions this morning after last night's tense confrontation at the Docklands.

The Crows ran away with the game in the second half, winning by 54-points.

There were some heated exchanges between Wayne Carey and his former team-mates Glenn Archer and Anthony Stevens.

The Kangaroos' Adam Simpson says the hype surrounding Carey's appearance against his old team did not affect the Roos approach to the game.

"[I] don't think it was too much," he said.

"I think everyone built it up, the hype on it was pretty big, but at the end of the day those sort of things happen every week.

"I think the fact that it was a personal situation really emphasised a few little things, but they weren't too major."

The former Kangaroos captain, facing his former team-mates for the first time since leaving the club in controversial circumstance in 2002, kicked four goals as the Crows ran over the top of the Roos 19.10 (124) to 9.16 (70).

Carey stood down as Kangaroo captain at the start of the 2002 season after it was revealed he was having an affair with the wife of team-mate Anthony Stevens.

Carey was then picked up by Adelaide in the 2003 pre-season trade period.

Stevens' close friend Archer had been tipped to mark Carey, but it was Leigh Colbert who was given the job.

But when Carey came in contact with Archer and Stevens in the second quarter the tension on the ground was felt by all.

The game itself was quite scrappy, with the Crows basically dominating from start to finish - Carey kicking the opening goal of the game.

The Crows led at every change at the Roos failed to handle the pressure of the occasion.

The Kangaroos missed several shots at goal and kicked just 5.15 in the final three terms.

Crows captain Mark Ricciuto led by example, finishing the match with 39 possessions.

Andrew McLeod, in doubt before the match with a stomach ailment, also impressed with one goal and 32 possessions.